Leather or hide suspending hook.



E.. L. POST. LEATHER 0R HIDE SUSPBNDING HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30. 1906- I ll TTORNEYS PATENTED OCT. 15, 1907.

UNITED sTA rEs PATENT OFFICE.-

EZRA L. POST, OF WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT.

LEATHER OR HIDE Application filed June so,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EZRA L. Pos'r, a citizen of the United States, andresiding at Wallingford, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Leatheror Hide Suspending Hooks, of which the following is a specification,such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to suspending hooks, and the object thereof is toprovide an improved device or devices of this class by means of which astretched hide or a'part thereof may be conveniently suspended whiledrying without cutting holes in the hide or leather.

It is customary in the manufacture of power belts to first soak andstretch the hide from which such belts are made and then suspend thesame in order to dry the hide or leather, andin this operation it iscustomary to cut holes in the hide or leather through which are passedthe hooks by which the said hide or leather is suspended, but with myimprovementthis cutting of holes in the hide or leather is avoided andan impor-' tant saving is accomplished.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in'which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters incach of the views, and in which;

Figure l is a front view of one of my improved hooks for the purposespecified embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 a view at right angles to Fig. 1; and, Fig. 3 a

view of a hide with my suspending hooks attached thereto.

In the practice of my invention, I provide a strong spring rod which isbent centrally to form a ring a one side of which is open as shown at aand at this open side of said ring the separate parts thereof areseparated and overlapped as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The endportions of the rod are then formed into shanks a which cross each otherat an angle as shown at a, but

are preferably separated one from the other as shown at a The extremeend portions of the rod are then bent at right angles and parallel toeach other as shown at a to form a gage or guard which limits the extentSpecification of Letters Patent.

SUSPENDING HOOK.

Patented Oct. 15, 1907.

1906. Serial No- 324,144.

to which the hide or leather can be slipped into .the hook members, andthe extreme end portions of said rod are then bent to form oppositelydisposed hooks a which range in opposite directions and meet as shown ata and this forms an elliptical space a which is inclosed by the hooks a.

or leather the end portions of the shanks a between the ring a. arepressed together, and this operation separates the hooks a and the endor edge of the leather is passed between said hooks after which thepressure on the shanks a is removed and the hooks a close up and shownin Fig. 3. By means of this device the hide or sheet of leather may besuspended from any overhead support.

In Fig. 3 I have shown an untrimmed hide the edges of which areirregular, but it will be understood that the uneven or irregularportions of-the hide may be out (if and the hooks connected with thebody portion thereof, but in any event the transversely arranged parts aof the shanks a of the hook limit the extent to which the hide can beinserted into the hook..

It will be understood that the strength of the hook and the weightcapable of being suspended thereby will depend on the size of the rodfrom which the hook is made and the spring quality thereof, and inpractice the hide may be cut up into longitudinal strips if de sired andeach strip may be separately suspended.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A leather suspending hook comprising an open spring ring the end membersof which at the open side are separated laterally and overlapped, thesaid end members of the hook at the open side being provided withprojecting shanks which cross each other and are bent at the ends toform parallel parts which extend in opposite directions and overlap eachother, said ends being also reversely curved to form oppositely disposedhooks which meet at a predetermined distance from said parallel parts.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 28th day of June,1906.

' EZRA L. POST.

Witnesses C. E. MULREANY, F. A. STEWART.

In practice in order to connect the hook with the hide securely graspand hold the hide or sheet of leather as I

